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darkshark9 t1_ixnedgj wrote

Reply to comment by imafraidofmuricans in China’s space station will run high-energy beam experiment for controversial solar power plant: chief scientist by Soupjoe5

You can use longer wavelength microwaves that essentially render the atmosphere transparent in terms of losses. So even a 1gw beam would barely lose anything if the right wavelength is chosen. So it wouldn't affect the atmosphere in any relevant manner.

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